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EXHIBITOR Magazine Now Accepting Entries in Centers of Excellence Awards Competition

4/11/2022
Exhibitor Media Group, which produces both EXHIBITOR magazine and Find It - Marketplace, the buyer's guide to trade show products and services, is now accepting entries in its fourth annual Centers of Excellence competition. The competition recognizes North America’s best convention centers for trade shows and events. Small, medium, and large convention centers located anywhere in North America are eligible to apply. Entrants must have formal exhibit space but may include standalone convention centers, resort/hotel-based convention centers, meetings/events spaces with dedicated exhibit halls, etc. In order to participate, entrants must complete the initial application and online entry form prior to the July 8 deadline.

"While individual exhibit managers rarely have a say in where their trade shows are held, they are often the ones most impacted by that decision,” said Travis Stanton, editor of EXHIBITOR magazine, noting that everything from the size of the bays on the loading dock to the cost and quality of Wi-Fi access can have a significant impact on exhibiting companies’ experience at a trade show or event. “This is our opportunity to give credit where credit is due and celebrate the exhibitor-friendly venues that do their part to make trade shows and events as smooth, successful, and painless as possible.”

Applicants will be evaluated using an objective algorithm weighted to reflect how EXHIBITOR magazine readers value a variety of criteria. The myriad criteria being considered have been categorized into five primary areas:

Facility & Functionality
Location & Accommodations
Service & Execution
Expansions & Upgrades
Awards & Industry Participation

The evaluation process also includes a survey of event planners and/or show organizers who have recently hosted events at each facility, as well as a review of entrants' event spaces, selling points, and innovations, conducted by a panel of corporate exhibit managers. The highest-scoring convention centers will be notified in August and formally announced during a virtual ceremony later this year. Five to six special award winners will be honored with plaques during Expo! Expo!, and all convention centers named among EXHIBITOR Magazine’s Centers of Excellence will receive recognition in print and online via a press release, online listing, and within the October/November 2022 issue of EXHIBITOR magazine.

For more information and to apply, visit www.ExhibitorOnline.com/Awards/CoE.

About Exhibitor Media Group
The leader in trade show and corporate event marketing education, Exhibitor Media Group publishes EXHIBITOR magazine, an award-winning publication featuring best practices in trade show marketing. EXHIBITOR's learning events include: EXHIBITORLIVE, The National Conference and Exhibition for trade show and corporate event marketing; EXHIBITORFastTrak accelerated learning conferences; and EXHIBITOR eTrak, professional online learning. Exhibitor Media Group is also the founder and sponsor of CTSM (Certified Trade Show Marketer), the industry's only university-affiliated professional certification program. Learn more at www.ExhibitorOnline.com.

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